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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in the Rwenzori region are happy with the creation of new administrative units. This is according to a study conducted by Kabarole Research and Resource Centre, an NGO operating in the Rwenzori region. The study conducted by Makerere University political scientist, Prof Godfrey …

Human Rights activists, diplomats call for probe in the wake of new HRW report. Pressure from human rights activists, critics and the diplomatic community is mounting on government to act on the disturbing revelations about last year’s Kasese killings detailed in a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). This …

Jinja High Court on Feb.06 released the Rwenzururu King Charles Wesley Mumbere on bail following an agreement reached between the state and his lawyers that his security shall be provided by the UPDF royal guard Brigade and not the Rwenzururu royal guards. Mumbere who was released on a non-cash bond …

“Because of my ill health, I request court to transfer me to Luzira prisons”, the frail looking King asked while in the dock.  Rwenzururu king Wesley Mumbere was on Jan.16 appearing before Jinja Chief Magistrate Francis Kaggwa. This was after fresh charges of multiple accounts of attempted murder, murder and …

COMMENT:By Elijah Kisembo Political abstraction creates rationalisation of actions of stronger party without listening to victims. Peace is not the absence of violence. However, violence is a clear reflection of the sometimes deceptive peace that we celebrate in our communities. Recently, the country woke up to an explosion of violence …

PICTORIAL: The European Union Ambassador to Uganda Kristian Schmidt gave Ugandan tourism a big boost by scaling the country’s highest mountain, the Rwenzori. Together with several colleagues, they on Thursday reached the summit of  Magherita (5109meters), the highest point in Uganda.   The European Union team that spent 8 days …

Victim or villain as 100 are killed in Kasese massacre? On Nov. 14, two police officers on guard at Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese district were attacked and killed by unknown assailants who grabbed their two guns and disappeared. This was just two days after Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga …

President Yoweri Museveni has concluded his week-long security assessment tour of the Rwenzori region with a visit to the world famous Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda. As part of the assessment tour, President Museveni took a boat cruise of the entire Kazinga channel where he viewed game park …

By Simplice A. Asongu A response to the Independent Team on post-election violence in Bundibugyo The article titled “Bundibugyo erupts in post-election violence” (The Independent Issue 408) alleged that the post- February 24 local government elections violence in Bundibugyo “is said to have acquired tribal overtones as the mainly Bamba …

By Habati Asinja Mubatsi Selfish politicians are using quasi-kingdoms to divide people who have been living together harmoniously The violent incidents that left tens of people dead in Bundibugyo, Ntoroko and Kasese districts on July 5 leave many unanswered questions. This senseless violence should be condemned by all right thinking …